Following the Flow of Alignment

What does that feel like?

Lately, I’ve noticed how the energy around us seems to echo whatever’s happening inside. When I’m stuck in resistance or comparison, life feels tight — like I’m swimming against the current. But when I soften into curiosity or acceptance, everything around me seems to breathe easier too. It’s wild how quickly the world mirrors us.

For a long time, I thought alignment was about doing all the right things — eating clean, meditating, setting goals, checking boxes. But what I’ve learned is that alignment is more about being with myself than fixing myself. It’s about listening.

Desire, for example, used to feel selfish to me — like wanting meant I wasn’t grateful. Now I see it differently. Desire is a signal from my soul saying, “this way.” It’s how life pulls us toward what lights us up.

Curiosity helps me stay present — it opens the door to new possibilities without judgment. Allowing reminds me that life and people are what they are; they don’t need to bend to my will. And acceptance — real acceptance — is that quiet exhale when I stop trying to control everything. From there, discernment naturally rises up, that gut sense of what feels right and what doesn’t.

The tricky part is that most of our values were handed to us — what success means, what we “should” want, how we “should” live. When I began to question those old rules, I realized how many of them didn’t actually belong to me. That’s when I started noticing the dissonance — that uneasy feeling when something looks fine on the outside but feels wrong inside.

Now, when I feel that tension, I pause. I ask myself, “What belief is behind this?” and “Is it even mine?”
That’s usually when I find the doorway back to myself.

I don’t always get it right. But I’m learning to trust that alignment isn’t about perfection — it’s about returning, over and over, to what feels true.

So if you’re feeling the tug between who you were told to be and who you’re becoming, take a breath. You’re not lost — you’re recalibrating.

If this resonates and you’re feeling ready to explore your own alignment more deeply, I’d love to walk beside you. My one-on-one coaching sessions are a space for honest reflection, release, and reconnection — a place to practice the art of being human with compassion and curiosity.

If you feel the pull, reach out and let’s begin the conversation. You don’t need to have it all figured out — just a willingness to listen to your inner voice.